"カン" meaning in All languages combined

See カン on Wiktionary

Noun [Ainu]

Forms: sum [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|ain|noun|tr=sum}} カン • (sum)
  1. on (Appears as a post-synthetic element in the “on” sense)
    Sense id: en-カン-ain-noun-XDTDttgf Categories (other): Ainu entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 54 2 1 37 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 1 1 48 7

Counter [Japanese]

Forms: -kan [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|counter}} カン • (-kan)
  1. 缶, 罐, 鑵: counter for canned goods
    Sense id: en-カン-ja-counter-HAJBzVtr Categories (other): Japanese counters Disambiguation of Japanese counters: 93 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Japanese]

Forms: kan [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun}} カン • (kan)
  1. 缶, 罐, 鑵: can
    Sense id: en-カン-ja-noun-tw-rwcdX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Japanese]

Forms: kan [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun}} カン • (kan)
  1. 汗: khan, a ruler over various Turkish, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages
    Sense id: en-カン-ja-noun-HC9eUShn Categories (other): Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese katakana, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 1 1 48 7 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 6 1 79 14 Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 13 7 71 9 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 13 2 71 14 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 10 2 77 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 11 2 70 17 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 11 2 76 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Japanese]

Forms: kan [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 槓 /杠 (gàng). Etymology templates: {{wp|副露|lang=ja}}, {{bor|ja|cmn|槓|sort=かん|tr=gàng}} Mandarin 槓 /杠 (gàng) Head templates: {{ja-noun}} カン • (kan)
  1. (mahjong) kong Coordinate_terms: ポン (pon), チー (chī)
    Sense id: en-カン-ja-noun-KId66Gmv Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Mahjong Topics: board-games, games, mahjong
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for カン meaning in All languages combined (4.4kB)

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